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maybe i am just stupid, but how are password managers secure? i've seen people using them, and if i were of a less honourable persuasion i could abuse that qui

• draugadrotten 13y ago
  > its impossible for me to steal information from out of their brain (so far at least). It's easier than you think to steal passwords from people. Just ask for it! http://www.veracode.com/blog/2013/03/hacking-the-mind-how-why-social-engineering-works/ http://www.veracode.com/blog/2013/03/hacking-the-mind-how-wh...
• lylejohnson 13y ago
  I've used 1Password (a popular password manager for the Mac) for several years now. How could you "quite easily" hack those passwords, assuming that's what you're implying?
  • diminoten 13y ago
    Keylogger.
    • bigdubs 13y ago
      Sure, but if you have that level of access to the machine, what's the point you're making?
      • diminoten 13y ago
        I dunno, he asked a question and I answered it. I'm making no point.
• dagw 13y ago
  "how are password managers secure" Because now you need to steal two things. My password file and my password. Now admittedly the one weakness is that once you have both those things you have access to all my passwords, but on balance I believe it is an acceptable compromise.
• ams6110 13y ago
  In reality, unless you are using services that do not allow any kind of email-based "forgot my password" recovery/reset, your email account is your password manager. I use passpack to store different random passwords on all my online services, EXCEPT for my email account. That one is stored only in my brain.